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ER doctor doubles as punk rock frontman

Dr. Daryl Wilson's life is a study in balance, though he describes it more as spinning plates on sticks.

One minute he's saving lives in the emergency room, and the next he's picnicking with his daughters on the floor of his house. Then he's crowd-surfing as the frontman in a punk rock band.

Life is never dull.

By day, the Naperville, Ill., man is an ER doctor at Edward Hospital, where he also serves as medical director of its Emergency Management System. At night and on weekends, he's a husband and father to three daughters: twin 5-year-olds and a 3-year-old.

And once a month, the 47-year-old trades his lab coat for the T-shirt and

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